1 This package, the EXT2 filesystem utilities, are protected by the GNU
2 Public License, with the following exception ---
4 If the version string in the file version.h contains the
5 string "pre-", or "WIP" then this package must be distributed
6 in source form only. You can give a copy of the binary for
7 e2fsck to help a friend recover his or her filesystem, as the
8 need arises. However, "pre" or "WIP" indicates that this
9 release is under development, and available for ALPHA testing.
10 So for your protection as much as mine, I'd rather not have it
11 appear in a some distribution --- especially not a CD-ROM
14 The most recent officially distributed version can be found at
15 http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net. If you need to make a distribution,
16 that's the one you should use. If there is some reason why you'd like
17 a more recent version that is still in ALPHA testing for your
18 distribution, please contact me (tytso@mit.edu), and we can see if we
19 can't come to an arrangement. The release schedules for this package
20 are flexible, if you give me enough lead time.